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The Librarian's Guide to Gaming:

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HISTORY TOOLS AND RESOURCES BEST PRACTICES CALENDAR

 

Dwight McInvaill"Don’t be discouraged by governmental purchasing processes."

 
 
~Dwight McInvaill,
Georgetown Public Library
Georgetown, SC

 

 

Vendors

The following is provided for informational purposes only.

  1. Start with your local Game Stop or hobby store.
  2. Then, try direct from retailers, like Red Octane, Wizards of the Coast, Looney Labs, and Days of Wonder.
  3. Next, try retailers that accept purchase orders like Best Buy (government & education division), and Amazon.com (library accounts), and library jobbers like Crimson Multimedia or Baker & Taylor.
  4. Finally, try retailers like Wal*Mart or Toys ‘R’ Us. You may have to use a personal credit card and get reimbursed.

Retailers Accepting Library Purchase Orders

Amazon.com
P: 866-216-1072

The AV Cafe
6201 S 58TH ST STE A
Lincoln, NE 68516-3678
P: 402-486-1686 F: 402-486-1570
toll-free at 877-228-2233 (2 AV CAFE)
theavcafe@theavcafe.com

Baker & Taylor, Inc.
2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28217
P: 800-775.180
btinfo@btol.com

Best Buy for Government & Education
P.O. Box 9312
Minneapolis, MN 55440-9312
P: 877-393-1038

Fun Again Games
1662 Ashland Street
Ashland, OR 97520
P: 541-482-1939 F: 541-482-6573


Gov Connection
GovConnection, Inc.
7503 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855
Attn: Federal Accounts
P: 1-800-800-0019 F: 1-603-423-6192

Highsmith
401 S. Wright Road
P.O. Box 5210
Janesville, WI 53547-5210
P: 1-800-558-2110

Thomas Klise/Crimson Multimedia
PO Box 720
Mystic CT 06355 USA
P: 800-937-0092 F: 860-536-5141
info@crimsoninc.com

Tabletop Games

Days of Wonder
334 State Street, Suite 203
Los Altos, CA 94022
P: 866-WONDER8F: 415-480-1314

Looney Labs
P.O. Box 761
College Park, MD 20741
P: 301-441-1019 F: 301-441-4871
thelab@looneylabs.com

North Star Games
5906 Jarvis Lane
Besthesda, MD 20814
P: 301-493-4331 F: 866-433-8069
sales@northstargames.com

Rio Grande Games
PO Box 45715
Rio Rancho, NM 87174

Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
PO Box 707
Renton, WA 98057
P: 425-226-6500
corporateinfo@wizards.com

Z-ManGames
6 Alan Drive
Mahopac, NY 10541
P: 845-208-3502 F: 845-208-3503 fax
zman@zmangames.com

Videogames Direct

Red Octane
444 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
650-930-1300

Computer Vendors

Alienware
14591 SW 120 ST
Miami, FL 33186-8638
P: 888-253-4355 F: 786-388-5722
governmentsales@alienware.com
corporatesales@alienware.com

Toy and Game Retailers

GameStop Corporation
625 Westport Parkway
Grapevine, TX 76051
P: 817-424-2000 F: 817-424-2002

Hobby Town USA
6301 S. 58th St.
Lincoln, NE 68516
P: 866-492-8718
customerservice@hobbytown.com

Toys R Us
P: 1-800-ToysRUs

Wal*Mart
702 SW 8th Street
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611
P: 1-800-Wal-Mart



HISTORY TOOLS AND RESOURCES BEST PRACTICES
That Was Then: A brief history of gaming in libraries.

This Is Now:
A snapshot of gaming in libraries today


Talking Points: Connecting games & literacy.

Resources:
Advocacy, budget, marketing, & more.

Evaluation:
Tools to measure your success.


First Steps:
Easy, low-cost models for beginners

Next Steps:
Models large in scope, scale and success.

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This initiative is generously funded by the Verizon Foundation